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Join us for an exclusive event at the National Famine Museum on Sunday 19th February at 3 pm, when Emma will talk about her creative process and the inspiration for her intricate designs.

The 2023 Famine Summer School will take place at the National Famine Museum, Strokestown Park, County Roscommon, Ireland on June 22-25, 2023. The theme of the 2023 Famine Summer School is “Famine Journeys and Trails: Communities, Diaspora, Memory”. 

The new National Famine Museum at Strokestown Park House and Gardens, in Co. Roscommon has been officially opened by the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin. The new Museum, which has been developed by the Irish Heritage Trust, in partnership with Fáilte Ireland and owners of the property Westward Holdings,…

The National Famine Museum | Strokestown Park has been transformed with a €5 million investment via Fáilte Ireland and Westward Holdings Ltd in partnership with the Irish Heritage Trust and the doors open on 1st July for visitors to enjoy a new state-of-the-art National Famine Museum, telling the complete story of the Great Famine for…

Travel back in time with Strokestown Park’s latest attraction – our rare and intact Victorian Darkroom. This photographic darkroom…

The Irish Heritage Trust is pleased to announce that the Irish Agricultural Museum has been awarded full Museum Standards Accreditation in recognition of its high standards in museum management, collections care, education and visitor services. This is awarded by the Heritage Council of Ireland under its Museum Standards Programme for Ireland (MSPI). Situated on the…

The Irish Heritage Trust today (8/3/2022) announced the appointment of five directors to its board: Terri Cullinane founder and Director of Cape Clear Consulting Ltd.; former Minister and MEP Avril Doyle; Liam Flynn Partner and Co-Head of Financial Regulation at Mason Hayes & Curran LLP; Mairéad Ní Cheóinín a corporate fundraiser working in the international…